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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iveljay" data-source="post: 3348972" data-attributes="member: 37260">The trouble is that most musical instruments take up more space than bins, but sound nicer and provide entertainment for the evening when you get in from birding. Alas I collect and use both....Both collections get culled of things that don't work for me, even testing in a shop isn't the same as using stuff for a week or two for real and at the end of the day some of my cheapest purchases get more use than some of the more expensive ones.My prime objective is getting the most enjoyment out of whatever I am doing at the time, be it birdwatching, or sending the dog running for cover in terror as I pick up a musical instrument, and I guess for many of us that is about it. So one pair of binoculars or ninety - whatever works for you.The only collection that does me harm are my cooking tools - Once you've nibbled the end off a passing wild boar, it seems a shame not to finish it!</blockquote>